Monday, July 31, 2017

Best Buy’s Geek Squad to Eliminate 399 Jobs

Best Buy is eliminating 399 Geek Squad positions, but is expected to offer those employees positions within the company.

The affected positions come from Geek Squad's "Covert Team," who work remotely to provide technical support to customers. Best Buy says it is transitioning many of them from remote agents to roles in stores or making house calls.

"Affected
agents will have a job, if they choose, with similar pay and
responsibilities," Best Buy spokesperson Jeff Shelman said in a
statement to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. "We very much want to keep them and are working hard to do that, especially because we currently have nearly 1,000 open jobs."